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167 matches to Right Opposition
Warren, Earl. 1891-1974. US Chief Justice 1953-69. Decisions on segregation, accused rights. Led inquiry into John F. Kennedy assassination. Concluded Oswald acted alone.
Wilder, Thornton. 1897-1975. US playwright. Bridge of San Luis Rey 1927. Our Town 1938.
Williams, Tennesee. 1911-83. US playwright. Streetcar Named Desire 1947. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1954.
Wollstonecraft, Mary. 1759-97. English feminist author. Vindication of the Rights of Women 1792. Mother of Mary W Shelley.
Wright, Frank Lloyd. 1869-1959. US “organic” architect. Introduced glass and steel forms. Guggenhem Museum 1943-59. Taliesin West 1938.
Wright, Wilbur. 1867-1912, Orville. 1871-1948. Aviation pioneer. First sustained controlled heavier than air flight, 1903.
Young, Edward. 1683-1765. English poet, playwright. Complaint 1742-5.
Zeami Motokiyo. 1363-1443. Japanese No drama theorist, playwright. Kaden-sho 1400.
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Antipope. Elected in opposition to existing pope. Schism.
Bengal Partition. 1905-11. Split for administrative ease. Creates nationalistic opposition.
Erfurt Parliament. 1850. Austrian opposition causes withdrawal of Prussian plan for German Unification.
Jeffersonian Republicans. 1790-. US First opposition party. Advocated limited government vs Federalists.
Nicopolis, Battle. 1396. Turks crushed Crusaders. Ended European opposition to Ottoman expansion into Balkans.
Pacifism. Ethical, philosophical, or moral opposition to war or violence.
Theodore Studites, St. 759-826. Led iconoclasm opposition.
Warsaw Uprising. 1830-1. Czartoryski attempt to oust Russians crushed. 1944. Polish underground army defeats Germans but Soviet delay allows German reinforcements to defeat Poles, destroying potential opposition to later Soviet control.